Music Quiz Meme (35/40 solved, 8/40 lines)

[active_apathy]

Nicked from ryttu3k, tweaked to suit my eeeevil purposes. Please note, there's two unsolved songs in this one, and there's four of these songs left.

The original instructions were these:
Get playlist. Shuffle playlist. Play thirty songs. Post first lines. Get flist to guess songs and artists. Rinse. Repeat.

My monstrously warped version has forty songs. The first twenty use the first line, the second twenty use a line from anywhere in the song (which may include the start). Your mission, once you choose to accept it, is to name the artist and the title, and post the next line. Or post bits and pieces, and you can share credit. If you want to 'sing' the whole thing in the comments, I don't mind. Sample line from solved ones shown in square brackets [].

1. These mist-covered mountains
   Are home now for me
   Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms - the_reader


2. When I look into your eyes
   I can see a love restrained
   Guns n' Roses, November Rain - silmaril


3. Sad voices, they're calling
   Our precious girl, she can't be gone


4. I don't want to go out
   I want to stay in
   David Bowie, Modern Love - data_warrior


5. Well, I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday
   Meatloaf, Paradise by the Dashboard Light - nyctanessa


6. [Hey now
   All you sinners]
   Put your lights on
   Put your lights on
   Santana, Put Your Lights On - trueflight


7. How the hell did we wind up like this
   Why weren't we able
   Nickelback, Someday - lesslikeyou


8. I'm no barbie doll
   I'm not your baby girl
   Garbage, Why Do You Love Me - the_reader


9. If you're leaving, close the door
   I'm not expecting people anymore


10. Where have all the good men gone
    And where are all the gods
    Bonnie Tyler, Holding Out for a Hero - djcati and data_warrior


11. Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
    Sometimes I feel like my only friend
    Red Hot Chili Peppers, Under the Bridge - channonyarrow


12. I was dreaming when I wrote this,
    Forgive me if it goes astray
    Prince, 1999 - channonyarrow


13. There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
    he was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
    Boney M, Rasputin - data_warrior


14. [I haven't slept at all in days
    It's been so long since we've talked]
    And I have been here many times
    The Corrs, What can I do - daphyn


15. I've been a bad, bad girl
    I've been careless with a delicate man
    Fiona Apple, Criminal - channonyarrow


16. Try to fly away, but it's impossible
    And every breath I take gives birth to deeper sighs


17. Forty-seven deadbeats livin' in the back street
    North east west south all in the same house
    Escape Club, Wild Wild West - channonyarrow


18. [So close, no matter how far
    Couldn't be much more from the heart]
    Forever trusting who we are
    And nothing else matters
    Metallica, Nothing Else Matters - daphyn


19. Your cruel device
    Your blood, like ice
    Alice Cooper, Poison - channonyarrow


20. I have climbed the highest mountains
    I have run through the fields
    Only to be with you, only to be with you
    U2, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - daphyn



21. [So don't delay, act now, supplies are running out]
    Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive
    And if you follow there may be a tomorrow
    But if the offer's shun you might as well be walking on the sun
    Smash Mouth, Walking on the Sun - daphyn and djcati


22. There's desperation in the air
    It leaves a stain upon your clothes
    And no detergent gets it out
    Meatloaf, Life Is A Lemon - channonyarrow and the_reader


23. There's a magic only two can tell
    In the dark night
    Ultraviolet is a wicked spell
    Savage Garden, Carry On Dancing - the_reader


24. There's a lady who's sure
    All that glitters is gold
    Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven - channonyarrow


25. I
    I was standing
    You were there
    INXS, Never Tear Us Apart - channonyarrow


26. Where the city sleeps
    And I'm the only one and I walk alone
    Green Day, boulevard of Broken Dreams - djcati and channonyarrow


27. Grab that cash in both hands and make a stash
    Pink Floyd, Money - channonyarrow


28. Just one note
    Could make me float
    Could make me float away


29. And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
    They'd be your partner and
    Carly Simon, You're So Vain - liadlaith


30. [The language of love
    Slips from my lover's tongue]
    Cooler than ice cream
    And warmer than the sun
    Eurythmics, Who's That Girl - data_warrior


31. He sees his children jumping off
    At the stations, one by one


32. [You're my reason for reason
    The step in my groove]
    And if you say this life ain't good enough
    I would give my world to lift you up
    I could change my life to better suit your mood
    Cause you're so smooth
    Santana feat. Rob Thomas, Smooth - daphyn


33. We are the people that can find
    Whatever you may need
    Guns n' Roses, Welcome to the Jungle - channonyarrow


34. I will squeeze the life out of you
    You will make me laugh and make me cry
    Hunters and Collectors, Throw Your Arms Around Me - liadlaith


35. Some stupid with a flare gun
    Burnt the place to the ground
    Deep Purple, Smoke on the Water - channonyarrow


36. [The world's about to be destroyed
    There's no point getting all annoyed]
    Lie back and let the planet dissolve around you
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - daphyn


37. You paint your smile on your lips
    Blood red nails on your fingertips
    Bon Jovi, You Give Love a Bad Name - channonyarrow


38. [I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
    Do you want my autograph]
    I'm a loser, what a joker
    I'm playing my jokes upon you
    While there's nothing better to do
    Supertramp, Take a Look at my Girlfriend - data_warrior


39. A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsuss serenade
    Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
    Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet - liadlaith


40. When life seems jolly rotten
    There's something you've forgotten
    Monty Python, Always Look On the Bright Side of Life - liadlaith

Comments

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

*screams* I had them typed out and LJ's being dumb again!

14 - The Corrs, What Can I Do To Make You Love Me
18 - Metallica, Nothing Else Matters
20 - U2, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
21 - Smashmouth, Walking On The Sun
32 - Santana featuring Rob Thomas, Smooth
36 - THE DOLPHIN SONG!

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

14 - close enough
18 - yes
20 - yes
21 - yes
32 - yes
33 - IT IS!